Leonie Heron
leonie.heron@ispm.unibe.ch
Epidemiologist
Research summary
Aims—to advance epidemiological methods to improve pandemic preparedness.
Methods—observational studies, data analysis, evidence synthesis.
Research positions
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| 2021 — present | Postdoctoral Researcher University of Bern |
Education
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| 2017 — 2020 | PhD in Epidemiology, Queen’s University Belfast Supervisor: Frank Kee1, Ciaran O’Neill2, Mark Tully3, Thesis: The health economics of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour: healthcare expenditure and cost-effective interventions |
| 2016 — 2017 | MSc in Epidemiology, Maastricht University Supervisor: Colinda Simons4 Thesis: Association between World Cancer Research Fund<U+0092>s cancer prevention recommendations and incidence of colorectal cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study |
| 2011 — 2014 | BSc in Human Biology, Queen’s University Belfast Dissertation: Validation of a wireless-upload pedometer and smartphone app for monitoring free-living physical activity NA |
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Awards
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| 2020 | Richard Havelock Charles Scholarship and Gold Medal, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford |
Service
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| 2019 — 2021 | Early Career Network Committee - Communications officer International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH)5 |
| 2018 — 2020 | Secretary of Student Chapter Belfast ISPOR |
Research dissemination
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| 2018 | Our paper “Sedentary” [C2] covered in the Financial Times6, BBC7, The Times8, Business Insider9, and more |
Skills
Programming— R (advanced), Stata (advanced)
Languages— English (native), German (conversational), Spanish (conversational)
Publications
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| 29 | C2 | Economic costs of physical inactivity in the UK HEPA Europe: European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA Europe) |
| 5 | C1 | The direct healthcare costs of sedentary behaviour in the UK NA |
Journal articles (fully reviewed, archival)
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| 30 | J3 | Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: update of a living systematic review and meta-analysis PLoS Med |
| J4 | Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: update of a living systematic review and meta-analysis medRxiv |
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| 25 | J2 | Direct healthcare costs of sedentary behaviour in the UK ISBNPA: International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) |
| 4 | J1 | Social return on investment analysis of an urban greenway NA |
Book chapters
Extended abstracts and workshop papers
(lightly reviewed)
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https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/uffe-schjoedt(c2b0d5e1-b9e5-4ff1-9866-7009bc63827e).html↩︎
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/personal-data-harvesting-by-mobile-phone-apps-is-out-of-control-pb2m2kwkj↩︎
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-and-facebook-big-data-apps-oxford-study-finds-2018-10?r=UK&IR=T↩︎